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'No Litmus Test' on Abortion, Obama Says

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said he wouldn't use a litmus test on abortion to choose a Supreme Court nominee but aims to appoint someone who would uphold women's rights.

"I want somebody who is going to be interpreting our Constitution in a way that takes into account individual rights, and that includes women's rights," Mr. Obama said at the Oval Office. He was meeting top senators to discuss the nomination of a successor to retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.